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    FUTA Bags Best University In South West Award


    The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has been adjudged the best university in the South-West, while its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joseph Fuwape, the best VC in the zone.

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    FUTA bagged best university at the second edition of the South West Education Award held at the Redeemer’s University, Ede (RUN), Osun State on Tuesday, in recognition of its outstanding performance and academic excellence.

    According to the Chairman, South-West Education Awards (SWEA) and Screening Committee, Pastor Honey Olawale, the organisation had based its assessment and criteria for choosing winners on merit and had never been influenced by pecuniary factors.

    He noted that the purpose of the award was to celebrate Nigerian great achievers in the education sector across the South-West region, noting that FUTA was selected for its groundbreaking achievements and consistent academic excellence.

    Receiving the awards, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development, Professor Phillip Oguntunde, who represented the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joseph Fuwape, said the award was coming at a time FUTA had redoubled its efforts to be among the best in the comity of universities, not only in Nigeria but also globally.

    “This award is a clarion call for FUTA and its Vice-Chancellor to continue to sustain the tempo of development, and I thank the organisers of the event for recognising and acknowledging the efforts of the Vice Chancellor, just within his two years of being in office,” he enthused.

    Other awardees at the event include the Redeemer’s University, which got the award of Outstanding Private University Of the Year; The Federal Polytechnic, Ede-Outstanding Polytechnic of the Year, and its Rector, Dr H. Oladebeye, as the Outstanding Rector of the Year 2018.

    Other categories awarded include Outstanding School Of the Year, Outstanding Teacher of the Year, and Outstanding Student of the Year, which went to Salako Folashade of the faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

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